reader comments 198 with Share this story United States lawmakers seem to be exploring every possible path to potentially ban TikTok nationwide. The latest push comes today from Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), who this afternoon will lead a dozen senators in introducing a bipartisan bill that would grant US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo the power ..
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Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 179 with Share this story Twitter’s revenue and adjusted earnings reportedly fell about 40 percent year over year in December 2022 amid an advertiser exodus following Elon Musk’s takeover. Twitter no longer reports earnings publicly since Musk bought the company and took it private in late October. But Twitter ..
Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 320 with Share this story Twitter suffered an embarrassing technology failure today that temporarily broke links to outside websites and even to Twitter’s own webpages. The problem lasted for about 45 minutes or so. In our tests, clicking any link brought up this error message: {“errors”:[{“message”:”Your current API plan ..
reader comments 108 with Share this story AI models designed to closely simulate a person’s voice are making it easier for bad actors to mimic loved ones and scam vulnerable people out of thousands of dollars, The Washington Post reported. Quickly evolving in sophistication, some AI voice-generating software requires just a few sentences of audio ..
James Wakibia/Getty Images reader comments 173 with Share this story the middle of its worst drought in 40 years. In the parched north of the country, rivers are running dry and millions of livestock have perished due to lack of food. Around 4.4 million Kenyans don’t have enough to eat, and the situation will worsen ..
Enlarge / Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters. reader comments 98 with Share this story Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters spoke out against a European proposal to make streaming providers and other online firms pay for ISPs’ network upgrades. “Some of our ISP partners have proposed taxing entertainment companies to subsidize their network infrastructure,” Peters said in a ..
Enlarge / Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at a press conference in Daytona Beach Shores on January 18, 2023. Getty Images | SOPA Images reader comments 430 with Share this story A proposed law in Florida would force bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis and other elected officials to register with a state office and ..
reader comments 85 with Share this story Last fall, it looked like trouble for Microsoft when the European Union launched an in-depth investigation into its acquisition of Activision, but it now seems that Microsoft will emerge victorious. Three people familiar with the European Commission’s opinion on the matter told Reuters that, by agreeing to make ..
Enlarge / The “I don’t need a refund” button as viewed in the Tweetbot app. reader comments 72 with Share this story Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” version of Twitter abruptly and unexpectedly cut off API access for popular third-party Twitter clients back in January, citing unnamed “long-standing API rules” that the apps had apparently been ..
Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 52 with Share this story Reddit is fighting a film-industry attempt to identify users who discussed piracy, telling a federal court that the studios’ request for users’ real names should be rejected and that one of the studios’ arguments is “nonsense.” “Courts have long recognized that the First Amendment ..
